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German electronic music artis Robert Schroeder has been producing music since 1979. He was discovered by Klaus Schulze, and to this day, his music bears a Schulze/Berlin School influence. Schroeder’s music on SphereWare is in the classic synth music vein of 70’s synth artists, but with enough modern touches to make it appeal not only to fans of vintage synth and space music, but also to fans of modern ambient and chill-out music.  Throughout the album Schroeder makes great use of synth sequences and echo effects to create constatnly changing hypnotic effects. 

While Schroeder’s music on Sphereware is clearly influenced by classic synth tracks of the 70’s, he doesn’t fall into the trap of being too reverential to his influences or of just sounding dated. For example, on 100% Synthetic, Schroeder uses many of the elements of Klaus Schulze’s most influential tracks, including sequences, Mellotron-style chorus effects, spacey echo and reverberation effects and Minimoog-style solos.  But Schroeder gives his track a modern edge through his choice of sounds, current drum sounds and metallic digital sounds that swirl across the stereo space. 

Amy Winehouse has been cauth on camera smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. 

The shocking images reportedly taken at the singer’s east London home at 5am last Friday (18.01.08), show Amy standing in front of her wedding photograph as she lights up a glass pipe – commonly used to smoke ‘rocks’ of the class A drug, a crystallised form of cocaine – and inhales deeply several times.

During the drug-fuelled party in her squalid flat, Amy also allegedly snorted “highly concentrated” powdered ecstasy and cocaine.  When friends beg her to carry on partying, Amy replies: “I would be useless to you because I have had about six Valium to bring myself down.”

Valium is a prescribed sedative which is used to treat anxiety and depression. When taken with alcohol, its effects are multiplied and users often feel drowsy.

At one point, a painfully-thin looking Amy staggers around her living room barefoot looking for her kitten while friends warn her to be careful of broken glass scattered all over the floor.

The 24–year-old ‘Rehab’ singer then accuses a pal of stealing her pet, mumbling: “If I was that cat I would leave on my own accord – I would call a cab.  It isn’t right. This isn’t Toys R Us. They took my cat.”

Now friends and family are terrified she will die before she kicks her drug habit. 

One pal told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “Amy is locked in a nosedive towards oblivion – she is killing herself. The video shows a woman completely out of control. Family and a few real friends have begged her to pull herself from the bring many times.  This is proof she has pressed the self-destruction button.

“We can only pray she gets a wake up call soon.  She is looking so thin and dirty.”

The footage was taken just hours before Amy arrived in a London court last Saturday (19.01.08) to support her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is being held on remand for grievous bodily harm and conspiracy the pervert the coarse of justice.

Amy was rushed to hospital last August after collapsing following a three-day binge of alcohol, ecstasy, cocaine and the horse tranquiliser ketamine.

She briefly entered the Causeway clinic in Essex last year, but left after a series of heated rows with Blake.

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     Berlin Film Festival 2008 will open with Martin Scorsese’s documentary about Rolling Stones, “Shine a Light”. This festival demonstration shall be the premiere of this work.

     Originally it was planned that a movie will hit the audience in September last year, but the release date was posponed.  “Shine a Light” includes various materials recorded during two 2006 concerts at Beacon Theater, New York City.  Jack White (White Stripes), Christina Aguilera and Buddy Guy took part in that show.  Also movie includes footages and interviews with the band.  Fifty Eighth Berlin Film Festival will take place from 7th to 17th of February, 2008.  The jury is going to be led by the French/Greek director Constantin Costa-Gavras.

by Alex K

     Megadeth frontman Dave Mustane has big news for metal fans: Gigantour is back, and Megadeth has a new guitarist.   The third installment of Gigantour - the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched in 2005 by Mustaine will kick off April 12 in Denver, CO with headliner Megadeth, Scandinavian death metal band IN FLAMES, Finland’s CHILDREN OF BODOM, Arizona’s modern extreme JOB FOR A COWBOY and Oakland, CA heavy power trio HIGH ON FIRE all confirmed.  The 29-date trek will criss-cross North America and wraps May 22 in Phoenix, AZ.

     In other Megadeth news, the group has officially welcomed new guitarist Christ Broderick (Nevermore, Jag Panzer) to the band after parting ways with Glen Drover - which was hinted at back in November. “I’ve noticed [on the Internet] that people are pissed with me over the way things were handled with Glen quitting the group,” says Mustaine,”but they’re gonna be pissed even more when they hear how fierce we are with Chris! Megadeth is playing at a new level.”

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     One of Liverpool’s most famous sons has kicked off the European Capital of Culture celebrations. Ringo Starr performed on the roof of St George’s Hall in The People’s Opening tonight, along with Dave Stewart and 600 locals including guitarists, choirs and schoolchildren and 40 aerial performers. The event will be followed by The Musical on Saturday night at the 10,600 capacity Echo Arena with a cast of 700 people, including 100 schoolchildren. Starr, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Farm, Riuven, The Wombats, Pete Wylie, and Stewart will also be performing. The Prime Minister sent a message to the city and said he hopes the celebration “inspires more people from all walks of life to try out new and different cultural activities”.  More than 350 events are due to be held in the culture capital in 2008.     

    Regional events planned to coincide with Liverpool’s 12-month reign include the RHS Flower show at Tatton Park, the Boodles Legends Tennis at Adlington Hall, Cheshire and Taste Lancashire 08, a celebration of local food and drink. Sporting highlights include the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the Hi-Tec World Squash Championships in Manchester. Liverpool Culture Company, organiser of European Capital of Culture, estimates that an extra 1.7 million tourists will flock to Merseyside and spend £50m in 2008.  And the year-long title will bring in another £50m from visitors across the region, according to the Northwest Regional Development Agency.  Business and tourism leaders in the Northwest are working with the NWDA and the Liverpool Culture Company.

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